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bowline's name has an earlier meaning, dating to the age of sail. On a square-rigged ship, a bowline (sometimes spelled as two words, bow line) is a rope...12 KB (1,437 words) - 16:13, 20 February 2024
the leech (outer vertical edges) of a sail and serve to pull the leech both in and up when furling. Shaping – Bowlines run from the leech forward towards...56 KB (5,998 words) - 08:37, 19 May 2024
Sailing ship (redirect from Sail ship)the sail or the yard from which it is suspended that include: brails, buntlines, lifts and leechlines. Bowlines and clew lines shape a square sail. To...75 KB (7,888 words) - 11:22, 3 April 2024
Halyard (section Sail types)triangular sail. The most common methods are as follows: A shackle through a headboard on the sail. A bowline through a hole in the head. A half hitch with a figure-eight...4 KB (568 words) - 06:14, 29 June 2023
Sheet bend (category Commons category link is on Wikidata)hitch, bowline, reef knot (square knot), round turn and two half-hitches, and sheepshank. The sheet bend is related in structure to the bowline; like the...6 KB (713 words) - 13:21, 15 January 2024
Sailing (redirect from Sail navigation)wind—acting on sails, wingsails or kites—to propel a craft on the surface of the water (sailing ship, sailboat, raft, windsurfer, or kitesurfer), on ice (iceboat)...75 KB (9,746 words) - 01:19, 18 April 2024
ones are used to transfer goods from one place to another by maintaining a bowline direction. Outboard motors are increasingly being used in many regions...7 KB (682 words) - 07:25, 20 February 2024- USS Tom Bowline was a schooner that the United States Navy used as a storeship during the War of 1812. The Navy sold her c.1818. The Navy purchased Tom...4 KB (381 words) - 16:59, 29 July 2023
Knot (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference)origin include the bottle sling, bowline, cat's paw, clove hitch, cow hitch, double fisherman's knot, eskimo bowline, figure-eight knot, fisherman's knot...33 KB (4,285 words) - 00:36, 20 January 2024
Buntline hitch (redirect from Studding sail tack bend)the buntline hitch dates to the age of sail, when it was used to secure buntlines to the foot of the sails on square-rigged ships. That the buntline hitch...5 KB (646 words) - 15:38, 3 July 2022
Birlinn (section Rigging and sails)that use was made of a wooden bowline or reaching spar (called a beitass by the Norse). This was used to push the luff of the sail out into the wind. Traditional...16 KB (2,151 words) - 18:56, 10 February 2024- windward edge of the sail steady). 3. A rope attached to the foresail to hold it aback when tacking. 4. "Sailing on a bowline" means sailing to weather...306 KB (38,471 words) - 11:10, 13 May 2024
Bermuda rig (redirect from Bermuda sail)stabilize the mast of a Bermuda rig reminded observers of the wires on early radio masts. The rig consists of a triangular sail set aft of the mast with...15 KB (1,859 words) - 06:18, 18 May 2024
Spinnaker (redirect from Kite (sail))A spinnaker is a sail designed specifically for sailing off the wind on courses between a reach (wind at 90° to the course) to downwind (course in the...26 KB (3,642 words) - 22:21, 11 January 2024
Reef knot (category Commons category link is on Wikidata)employed in reefing and furling sails and stopping clothes for drying. But under no circumstances should it ever be tied as a bend, for if tied with two ends...11 KB (1,372 words) - 11:17, 21 September 2023
Capture of HMS Penguin (category Articles missing coordinates without coordinates on Wikidata)Another sail was sighted and the Americans hastily set the Penguin on fire, but the strange sails proved to be Peacock and Tom Bowline. Tom Bowline was sent...10 KB (1,158 words) - 15:36, 27 December 2023
leaving the end on the original side. Pulling on this end will release the hitch. If tied in a gasket, this will quickly release the sail. List of knots...1 KB (131 words) - 21:06, 6 February 2022- Bend (knot) (section Misuse of reef knot as a bend)the reef knot is insecure as a bend and as such is not listed as one. Employed as a binding knot, to reef and furl sails or to tie up parcels, [the reef...7 KB (254 words) - 12:54, 15 January 2024
Ropework (category Commons category link is on Wikidata)skill of a sailor in the Age of Sail was often judged by how well he knew marlinespike seamanship, the knowledge it embraces involving docking a craft,...3 KB (339 words) - 11:15, 2 January 2024
pull the leech both in and up when furling. Bowlines run from the leech (outer vertical edges) of a sail forward (towards the bow) and are used to control...10 KB (1,316 words) - 22:46, 20 February 2022
- 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 4 Bowline 18452791911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 4 — Bowline BOWLINE (a word found in most Teutonic languages
- September 1813) I made sail, and directed the other vessels to follow, for the purpose of closing with the enemy. Every brace and bowline being soon shot away
- the age of sail. On a square-rigged ship, a bowline (sometimes spelled as two words, bow line) is a rope that holds the edge of a square sail towards the